李華和Larry 一起去逛農貿市場。今天我們要學兩個常用語：to eat one's
words 和like night and day.

    LH： Larry，我特別喜歡逛農貿市場。這些蔬菜水果都是咱們這兒的農民自
己種的，又新鮮又營養。

    L ： I guess that's true， but they're expensive too. I think we should
just wait for our plants at home to produce fruit.

    LH：咱們種的那些菜？嗯……Larry ，說實話，你第一次種菜，真的能有收
獲嗎？

    L ： You just watch Lihua. When we are eating tomatoes from our garden
in a few weeks， you're going to have to eat your words.

    LH：啊？Eat my words？ Larry，怎么能這樣，你吃西紅柿，卻讓我吃words？

    L ： Actually ， when someone eats her words， that means she has
to accept that she was wrong about something.

    LH：哦，to eat my words 就是認錯。你是說，等你種的西紅柿結出又大又
甜的果實來，我就不得不承認自己小看了你種菜的本領！

    L ： Right！ Here is another example. I told my friend Steve that
he would never become a famous actor， but I had to eat my words when
he won an Oscar.

    LH：什么？你的朋友Steve 贏了奧斯卡獎？！快把他介紹給我！

    L ： Unfortunately that's just an example sentence.

    LH：啊？是你胡說的啊！算了，咱們還是買點水果吧，我看也不會特別貴。

    L ： Trust me ， Lihua， you're going to eat your words when you see
how expensive the prices are. Say ， do you have cash in your wallet？

    LH：現金？沒有，我就帶了張信用卡。

    L ： Lihua， I doubt these small farmers brought credit card machines
with them.

    LH：不會吧，現在大家都用信用卡。你放心吧，這些賣菜的肯定收信用卡。

    L ： Well ， you're going to eat your words when you try to buy something
with a credit card.

    LH：好啦， Larry，既然今天你這么自信，干脆你來挑蘋果吧。如果不甜，
唯你是問！

    L ： Lihua， I am an expert at picking out the most delicious fruit
at the market. And if they're not good， I will eat my words.

    LH：哈，這你不必擔心，如果蘋果不甜，你不用承認自己看走眼，you don't
have to eat your words. I'll make you eat the apples！只要你把自己挑的
酸蘋果都吃掉就行了！

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    LH： Larry，你快看這個大南瓜！肯定比超市賣的好吃！

    L ： I don't know …… it looks about the same. The only difference
is that it costs twice as much.

    LH： Larry，你相信我，晚上你一吃就知道我說得沒錯了。

    L ： Well ， for twice as much money， it better be like night and
day.

    LH：吃南瓜要像白天和黑夜？你說什么呢？

    L ： When you say that two things are like night and day， that means
they are completely different ， or that one is far better than the other.

    LH：哦，like night and day就是“天壤之別”。你是說，這里南瓜比超市
的貴那么多，所以它們的味道也必須比超市的南瓜好吃幾百倍才對。

    L ： Right！ Here is another example. I was used to working on my
old ， slow computer， so when I bought a really fast new computer， it
was like night and day.

    LH：對，你的新電腦特別好用，跟原來那臺又舊又慢的電腦相比，真的是天
壤之別。

    L ： Exactly！ So Lihua ， should we get some red potatoes， or the
yellow potatoes ？

    LH：紅土豆還是黃土豆？隨便啦，土豆還不都一個味兒么？

    L ： They don't taste similar at all！ The difference is like night
and day.

    LH：怎么可能有那么大的區別？估計就你一個人能吃出不同來。

    L ： You know Lihua ， there is one nice thing about the farmer's
market.

    LH：哦？是什么？

    L ： The employees at the supermarket aren't very friendly or helpful，
but the farmers here are so nice！ It's really like night and day.

    LH：那可不！ Larry，你開始喜歡農貿市場了吧？你看，東西貴一點，也是
值得的！

    L ： Well ， I'm not going to eat my words just yet. I'll taste some
of the fruit first， and then decide if it's worth the extra money.

    LH： Larry，在吃上你得向我學習。雖然我平時很節儉，但是，一涉及到吃，
我花多少錢都不心疼！

    L ： That's true. Your attitude is like night and day.

    今天李華學了兩個常用語。一個是to eat one's words，意思是認錯，認輸
；另一個是like night and day，意思是天壤之別。